1,116 articles tagged "parliament"
Acting Prime Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says people are willfully digging up trenches across the roads to connect water pipes. While speaking on the review of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport 2016/2
Minister for Infrastructure, Lands and Mineral Resources, Jone Usamate says the $200 million Government guarantee is important for growing entrepreneurs and farmers. He says that the Fiji Development Bank is a cri
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says the Fiji Development Bank has allowed many young people to become doctors, nurses, lawyers and engineers. While supporting the motion that Parliament approve that the G
A motion for the Government to guarantee borrowings of the Fiji Development Bank from 1st March this year to 28th February next year has been passed in parliament. There was opposition to the motion and parliament
Minister for Commerce Faiyaz Koya says they do not intend to turn the Fiji Development Bank into the National Bank of Fiji after SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula highlighted that it is a very serious matter for the Government
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says it is obvious that the Minister for Commerce and Trade Faiyaz Koya is unaware of the fact that there are Fijian families that have only one meal and in some case
SODELPA MP Mosese Bulitavu says the role that the Fiji Development Bank plays is very important in the development of our communities and how the economy grows in the rural areas. While speaking on the motion that
SODELPA MP, Ro Filipe Tuisawau says they want to know how the Government will control its expenditure due to limited and deteriorating income and also went on to say the Opposition will be fixing the mess and broken pie
Minister for Infrastructure Jone Usamate says there is a new disease in Parliament where people are losing their marbles after the NFP Leader, Professor Biman Prasad’s attack on the Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Wa
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar has revealed that out of the 1,424 applications for positions of Heads of Schools in the country, only 408 applicants met the Minimum Qualification Requirements and sat for the job
The Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told parliament that the special audit done by the Office of the Auditor General in 2020 on the allocation of lots by the Housing Authority of Fiji was not a very good a
The review of the master plans for Fiji’s main towns which started in April 2019 is still not complete as a team from Singapore could not come to Fiji because of the restrictions on travel. This was highlighted
Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji’s annual headline inflation has been increasing since the second half of 2021 and was 3 percent in December last year. He says higher
Fiji expects to receive around 447,000 visitors this year. This was highlighted by the Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya in parliament while answering a question by FijiFirst MP Rohit Sharma if Koya could update Pa
SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka says they are committed to providing free education up to tertiary level however, the Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says SODELPA will cut funding from somewhere else if they are
SODELPA MP, Salote Radrodro says the land that belonged to Fiji National University in Navua and that was initially earmarked for the new Koronivia Agriculture College was given on lease to Grace Road Group. While
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says the Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum should not be attacking people not in parliament especially those from the media but Sayed-Khaiyum says what the
Minister for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport Faiyaz Koya says with the new board in place, Fiji Investment Corporation Limited has recovered debts amounting to about $4.2 million. Fiji Investment Corporatio
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad has questioned why the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation and Walesi Limited have been jointly allocated about $150 million of taxpayers funds in grants in the last d
Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says there is nothing fishy after Energy Fiji Limited was exempted from audit by the Auditor General as the accounts will be audited by approved compan
